Political finance Is top international corruption concern

By Te-Ping Chen

Campaign finance reform may be a phrase of Washington coinage, but a new study by the nonprofit Global Integrity suggests that the influence

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"… in Bulgaria last June: Shady enforcement of party finance regulations led European Union funds intended for development to be misappropriated for use in the incumb …"

Reform reading: US, EU banking coordination needed to avoid race to the bottom

By Shirley Gao

Reform reading: US, EU banking coordination needed to avoid race to the bottom

Excerpts from this story referencing "European Union":

"… elay or weaken financial regulations mandated by the Dodd-Frank law, a top European Union official warned on Friday.The European Commissioner for Internal Market an …"

FACT CHECK: Does the United States "look a lot like Greece?"

By FactCheck.Org

Republican Sen. McConnell wrong in likening U.S. debt to Greek financial crisis

Excerpts from this story referencing "European Union":

"… recent figures from Eurostat, the official  statistical office of the European Union.Furthermore, McConnell is making an apples-to-oranges comparison.The $14 t …"

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Toward a stalemate in Copenhagen

By Marianne Lavelle

Industry pressures and national agendas dim prospects for a climate treaty

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"… w points less than a bare return to 1990 levels. Australia, Japan, and the European Union have voiced a willingness to do more, but contingent on action from other …"

"… where the real decisions are made. “We loiter,” John Scowcroft of the European Union of the Electricity Industry remarked at the recent talks in Bangkok. “It …"

A global lack of transparency

By M.B. Pell

Investigation into climate change lobbying groups yields little transparency

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"… es key to the climate change debate: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, and the United States. In developing countries and nations …"

"… ng registries exist the data systems are usually flawed, some fatally. The European Union, for example, started a lobbying registry in the summer of 2008, but it’ …"

A case of lowered expectations in the US

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. businesses work to keep expectation for America's climate change effort as low as possible
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Industry targets Tokyo's ambitious new climate goals

By Akiko Kashiwagi

Japan's new government proves tough to lobby

Excerpts from this story referencing "European Union":

"… percent emissions cuts by 2020 is indeed ambitious, exceeding those of the European Union (20 percent) and the United States (about four percent, or 17 percent belo …"

European ambitions hit a wall of carbon

By Brigitte Alfter

Business and industry pare back EU climate goals

Excerpts from this story referencing "European Union":

"… m fell to a hush as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, then-president of the European Union, took the podium at a Brussels summit in March 2007. Merkel was announcing …"

"… oriented, and only 11 were environmental groups or NGOs. A large number of European Union member states lobbied the EU parliament, as well, particularly on the ques …"

The EU's billion-Euro bet

By Brigitte Alfter

How Europe ended up paying industry for carbon capture and storage

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"… , however, the only obstacle facing CCS is cost, and they have lobbied the European Union to launch a billion-euro series of demonstration projects. “Despite the …"

India struggles to confront climate change

By Murali Krishnan

A billion people, a growing economy, and rising emissions

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